पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · January 6, 2018 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.46 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके।

तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः।।2.46।।
"2.46 As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.46's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya261.55°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra135.88°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala202.90°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha238.98°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.43°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra260.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani247.73°DhanuMūla P3

☀️ Atlanta, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:43 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:44 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:57 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:45 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 00 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 59 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:23 – 07:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:53 – 07:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:32 – 17:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:44 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:29 – 19:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:13 – 11:28
Yamaganda13:58 – 15:14
Gulika Kāla07:43 – 08:58
Varjyam08:08 – 08:24
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:43 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:58 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:13 – 11:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:28 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:43 – 13:58 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:58 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:14 – 16:29 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:29 – 17:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:44 – 19:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:29 – 21:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:14 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:58 – 00:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:43 – 02:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:28 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:13 – 05:58 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:58 – 07:43 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 33.749°
Longitude: -84.388°
Timezone: UTC+-5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869659.27 · 5119.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458124.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1047° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)231.71° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.1047°) · declination -22.52° · EoT -5.88 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2018-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)